Aftershocks keep nerves on edge during cleanup

Todd Ferryman with Access Limited Construction rappells down the mesh covered slope as he assesses the landslide damage from Friday's earthquake which closed Carbon Canyon Rd. in Brea. The slope which was already covered with wire mesh has to be stabilized before the debris removed and the road opened. Workers estimated that it would be Tuesday at soonest before one lane can be opened.JEBB HARRIS, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Earthquake effects

Homes: About 70 residents were evacuated from Fullerton homes, including about 50 from an apartment complex. Twenty apartments and six homes were red-tagged Friday, with the apartment residents allowed to return Saturday. La Habra reported evacuating residents from several apartment complexes as a precaution, but no buildings were red-tagged.

Roads: There were temporary closures due to broken water mains. Carbon Canyon Road is closed to traffic until at least Tuesday after a landslide.

Dams, bridges: No damage reported. Inspections under way.

Water: Line breaks in Buena Park and Fullerton. As many as 75 residents affected in Fullerton.

Gas: No damage to infrastructure, though tripping of earthquake valves led to 260 leak reports and 66 no-gas reports.

UPDATE: Though the total number of aftershocks since Friday night had reached 146 by 8 a.m., there were no reports of additional damage Sunday morning. The latest aftershock listed by the U.S. Geological Survey was a magnitude 2.7 at 9 a.m. The USGS said the number and distribution of aftershocks is completely normal.

Residents in Fullerton’s Camden Parkside complex have been allowed to return to their residences as structural engineers have cleared the properties for re-entry.

ORIGINAL STORY: Residents wrestled with raw nerves and rattling windows as a magnitude 4.1 aftershock hit Saturday while north Orange County was still cleaning up from a 5.1 shaker less than a day earlier. Two lesser reminders came within about 25 minutes late Saturday.

The largest of more than 100 aftershocks following Friday’s temblor hit at 2:32 p.m. and sent Linda Steves running from her La Habra car dealership.

Steves was still trembling Saturday after the ground stopped moving.

“I slept in my tennis shoes and jeans,” said Steves, 63. “It seemed like every time I dozed off, there was a tremor.”

The aftershock was centered in Rowland Heights, about 4.5 miles from the first shaker near La Habra. It hit while Steves was having a plate glass window replaced.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 3.3 quake one mile southwest of La Habra at 10:51 p.m. and a magnitude 3.1 centered about one mile south-southeast of La Habra at 11:17 p.m.

Even up until then, Steves wasn’t the only one making repairs.

Cracked buildings, broken water mains and gas leaks from the Friday quake kept municipal workers busy surveying the damage Saturday. More than 70 people were displaced from their homes in Fullerton, where 20 apartments and six houses were red-tagged – declared temporarily unsafe for habitation.

One injury was reported, a 61-year-old Buena Park man hospitalized for injuries to his chest and arm after a TV fell on him.

FULLERTON HIT HARD

Twenty apartments in Fullerton’s Camden Parkside complex in the 2700 block of Associated Road, and six homes in other areas of the city, were declared unsafe.

Cindy Elliott, a 30-year-old single mom who lives with her 3-year-old son, voluntarily left her home in Camden Parkside.

“I'm very concerned for our safety,” said Elliott, whose home was not one of those red-tagged. She dropped her son off at her ex-husband’s home, which is nearby, and stayed at a friend’s house for the night. She returned Saturday morning to clean up, with plans to sleep elsewhere again.

The baseboards in her unit popped as the earth shook Friday.

“A lot of stuff fell off the counters,” she said. “I had broken glass on the floor. It was very scary.”

Todd Ferryman with Access Limited Construction rappells down the mesh covered slope as he assesses the landslide damage from Friday's earthquake which closed Carbon Canyon Rd. in Brea. The slope which was already covered with wire mesh has to be stabilized before the debris removed and the road opened. Workers estimated that it would be Tuesday at soonest before one lane can be opened. JEBB HARRIS, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Todd Ferryman with Access Limited Construction, at upper left, rappells down the mesh covered slope as he assesses the landslide damage from Friday's earthquake which closed Carbon Canyon Rd. in Brea. The slope which was already covered with wire mesh has to be stabilized before the debris removed and the road opened. Workers estimated that it would be Tuesday at soonest before one lane can be opened. JEBB HARRIS, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Juan Medina puts in a piece of plywood after his windows broke at the Bristol Manor Apartments in La Habra on Saturday, March 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED,, ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A blocked off stairways at the Camden Parkside Apartments in Fullerton on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
City of Fullerton maintenance men Eric Becerra, left, and Ernie Vejar wait for a new section of pipe to be cut early Saturday near a broken section they helped remove as they work on repairing a main water line that closed Gilbert St. between Rosecrans Ave. and Via Ingreso. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Camden Parkside apartments on Associated Road in Fullerton were heavily damaged by an earthquake Friday night. KEVIN WARN, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
The walls are cracked in Brittney Berry's apartment at the Camden Parkside Apartments in Fullerton on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
City of Fullerton maintenance men Ernie Vejar, left, Eric Becerra and Andrew Grajeda, above, lower in a new section of pipe Saturday morning as they work on repairing a main water line that closed Gilbert St. between Rosecrans Ave. and Via Ingreso. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The floor has shifted nearly a half inch from the baseboards in Brittney Berry's apartment at the Camden Parkside Apartments in Fullerton on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Juan Medina's windows are broken at the Bristol Manor Apartments in La Habra on Saturday, March 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED,, ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A woman walks her dog past a broken block wall Saturday morning on the 1600 Blk of Sunny Ridge Dr, Fullerton after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The concrete sidewalk is cracked near a staircase at the Camden Parkside Apartments in Fullerton on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A broken block wall blocks the sidewalk Saturday morning on the 1600 Blk of Sunny Ridge Dr, Fullerton after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Cracked walls leave a staircase blocked at the Camden Parkside Apartments in Fullerton on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area on Friday night. ANNA REED, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Orange County Parks grounds keeper Frank Amaro removes the supports to the sign at the entrance of Ralph B. Clark Regional Park in Buena Park on Saturday morning after rangers discovered it fell off it's supports after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
David Richardson of CalTrans photographs a rock wall Saturday morning where a rockslide closed Carbon Canyon Road near Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Glazers Freddy Gonzalez, left, and his partner Juan Arbino clean up a broken window Saturday at a business on Whittier Ave. in La Habra. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A CalTrans worker and a geologist look at a rock wall Saturday morning where a rockslide closed Carbon Canyon Road near Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT,, KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A damaged chimney sits on top of a house Saturday on the W. 1900 Blk of El Portal Dr. in La Habra. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A man looks in the window of a barbershop Saturday on La Habra Blvd. that's closed. The business next door is boarded up after glass broke in a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near La Habra Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Glazers Juan Arbino and Freddy Gonzalez, not visible, pull out a broken piece window from a business on Whittier Ave. that shattered during a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near La Habra Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Glazer Bill Blevins writes down measurements Saturday at Don Steves Autoplex on Whittier Avenue in La Habra during the repair of a large window that broke in a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near La Habra Friday night. KEN STEINHARDT,, KEN STEINHARDT, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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